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In 2012, Amanda Bynes began a downward spiral that would eventually see her completing several stints in rehab, butting heads with the law over and over again, and being placed in a Britney Spears-style conservatorship. In the midst of the chaos, the “What a Girl Wants” actor was essentially evicted from her NYC apartment.
In September 2012, the troubled starlet moved from her native California to New York City. The relocation seemed in part a way for her to get away from some of the negative influences and routines she surrounded herself with in Hollywood. Unfortunately, the cross-country move wasn’t enough to shake her free of her troubles.
From the jump, it seems her behavior made Bynes a fairly undesirable neighbor. When photographer Giovanni Arnold was invited inside the apartment by the star herself, he told In Touch (via Radar), that the unit looked to be a full-blown party pad, complete with spray-painted windows, drug paraphernalia, and no furniture. On at least one occasion, Bynes was reportedly caught smoking marijuana in the lobby of her building, with neighbors complaining that there was an almost constant smell of weed smoke drifting from her home.
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After an episode where police were called to reign in the antics, the actor threw a bong from her 36th-floor window, and her landlord finally made moves to evict her. According to TMZ, the building’s owner sent a letter to Bynes informing her that the lease would be terminated. Rather than fighting the decision, she just up and moved.
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